"I had no choice," Xing En said helplessly. "Helunaixing seduced me, then stuck a needle into the back of my neck, sealing away nearly all my power."
"Who seduced you?!" Helunaixing shouted. "I'm warning you, Xing En—if you dare spread this around, I'll make sure you don't leave this place alive."
"Women..." Xing En said, shaking his head helplessly.
"Are you in the same situation?" Uchiha Madara asked Helunaixing.
Uchiha Madara knew full well what Helunaixing was capable of. She could move an entire mountain, so chains like these were hardly worth mentioning.
Helunaixing nodded. "I had no choice."
Uchiha Madara stepped forward and swept aside Helunaixing's hair. Sure enough, he found a black needle at the back of her neck.
"This is the first time I've seen anything like this," Uchiha Madara said.
"A tiny needle like this can seal a person's movements—and someone like you, at that?" Uchiha Madara said in disbelief. "This is truly unbelievable."
"These things are normally used against dangerous escaped criminals. I never thought they'd be used on us. How ironic," Helunaixing said.
"Do I just pull it out?" Uchiha Madara looked at Helunaixing and asked. "There aren't any other steps, right?"
"Of course not." Helunaixing looked speechless. "What, did you want to perform some kind of ritual first?"
Uchiha Madara smiled. "I just thought that something capable of sealing all your power would surely be troublesome to deal with. I didn't expect it to be nothing more than a needle."
"This isn't an ordinary needle, Uncle Madara," Xing En said.
Uchiha Madara noticed that something was off about Xing En's voice. It no longer carried the weakness it had at the beginning. Then, when he heard a sharp clang, he turned to look.
Xing En was already standing there in high spirits, his